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turn out kelley was in communication with general allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. how did she know him? kelley volunteered to organize social events for senior officers at her home near mcdill air force base in tampa. the e-mails between general allen and kelley are said to be flirtatious and owe tensionally embarrassing but officials with knowledge of the e-mails say they were not sexually ex- police sit and did not offer any evidence of an affair. but, now, general allen's nomination to lead nato is in limbo. >> no one should leap to any conclusions here. general allen is doing an excellent job at isap and leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and continue the fight. but his nomination has been put on hold as a prudent measure until we determine what the facts are. >> reporter: for the first time sin the scandal broke, president obama weighed in on general david petraeus. >> he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. >> reporter: one lingering question has been whether
turn out kelley was in communication with general allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. how did she know him? kelley volunteered to organize social events for senior officers at her home near mcdill air force base in tampa. the e-mails between general allen and kelley are said to be flirtatious and owe tensionally embarrassing but officials with knowledge of the e-mails say they were not sexually ex- police sit and did not offer any evidence of an affair. but, now, general allen's...
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it now involves the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, the general john allen who took over the job when general petraeus left it to run the c.i.a. now officials say general allen's nomination to become the supreme allied commander in europe is on "hold" while potentially inappropriate e-mails are being checked out, and her name is jill kelley, a friend of the petraeus family and triggered the original f.b.i. investigation that revealed the director was cheating on his wife. she contacted an at she knew, shirtless agent, claiming to have received anonymous threatening e-mails tells her to stay away from general petraeus. it is unclear but the f.b.i. found reason to open an investigation. investigators determined that the e-mails were from general's biographer paula broad wall and she and general petraeus had an fair and neither had done anything criminal but reason that are inexplicable at this moment, there is more after thousands and thousands of e-mails were discovered thousands and thousands of e-mails. and gene
it now involves the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, the general john allen who took over the job when general petraeus left it to run the c.i.a. now officials say general allen's nomination to become the supreme allied commander in europe is on "hold" while potentially inappropriate e-mails are being checked out, and her name is jill kelley, a friend of the petraeus family and triggered the original f.b.i. investigation that revealed the director was cheating on his wife. she...
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this begins with retired four-star u.s. army general david petraeus. easily the most celebrated, best known general of the modern era. he resigned on friday, admitting to an affair. he was immediately linked to paula broadwell, like petraeus, she went to west point, an academic who wrote a biography of petraeus. we know about the affair because of jill kelley, she alerted the fbi, said she was getting anonymous harassing e-mails, turns out they were from broadwell. kelley dealt with a lot of generals both in the military and socially in tampa. overnight we learned another four-star general is involved. our current commander in afghanistan, he took over when petraeus left, john allen. now being investigated for what officials describe as potentially inappropriate e-mails with jill kelley of tampa. both of them deny any untoward relationship. they're reviewing the conduct of the first agent who reviewed jill kelley's e-mails in the first place, because he allegedly sent shirtless photos to jill kelley. in plain english, this is a mess. with hearings to c
this begins with retired four-star u.s. army general david petraeus. easily the most celebrated, best known general of the modern era. he resigned on friday, admitting to an affair. he was immediately linked to paula broadwell, like petraeus, she went to west point, an academic who wrote a biography of petraeus. we know about the affair because of jill kelley, she alerted the fbi, said she was getting anonymous harassing e-mails, turns out they were from broadwell. kelley dealt with a lot of...
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u.s. military. and so, it's not clear where she got it from. presumably, it's part of the continuing fbi investigation. >> such a crucial question and what about this? you're a member of the cia external advisory. you have top security clearance on some things. she had top security clearance. what does that men in practice? >> paula broadwell was also a reservist in the u.s. army. when she was doing her mission as a reservist, she had access to classified material for that purpose. when you have a clearance, it doesn't mean have you access to all information. she has to have a need to know. certainly as a journalist, she did not have access and her clearance did not apply, so the question is how did she come into possession of this material and even though you may be exposed to classified information, it's a whole different thing to have retained it because you have to have the authority to retain classified information. you have to follow very strict proceed procedures for carrying it. th
u.s. military. and so, it's not clear where she got it from. presumably, it's part of the continuing fbi investigation. >> such a crucial question and what about this? you're a member of the cia external advisory. you have top security clearance on some things. she had top security clearance. what does that men in practice? >> paula broadwell was also a reservist in the u.s. army. when she was doing her mission as a reservist, she had access to classified material for that purpose....
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part of his mission would be to help get u.s. forces out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. that vacancy at the c.i.a. is one of many openings in the obama administration. the secretaries of state, treasury, and defense would all like to leave. so what who's coming in? nancy cordes is at the white house for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, white house officials told me today that u.n. ambassador susan rice is the front-winner to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state despite some strong opposition from some republicans. the 47-year-old u.n. ambassador is a close confidante of president obama, a former rhodes scholar who served as an assistant secretary of state under president clinton. she came under fire from republicans for what she said five days after the attack in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans. here was race on "face the nation." >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: that would later prove to be untrue, though the white house insisted rice was working off the c
part of his mission would be to help get u.s. forces out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. that vacancy at the c.i.a. is one of many openings in the obama administration. the secretaries of state, treasury, and defense would all like to leave. so what who's coming in? nancy cordes is at the white house for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, white house officials told me today that u.n. ambassador susan rice is the front-winner to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state despite...
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i like learning, and you are forced to learn -- u.s. a very steep and fast learning curve when you are dropped into a country you have never been before and there aren't that many countries i haven't been before, so i think we can look forward to doing some more challenging locations. >> the love of all things culinary, where did that come from? >> i think my family was food centric. i grew up in the madmen era. my parents were unusually attuned to food. my father had been born in...
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one letter to the u.s. attorney demands to know who in the government leaked kelley's name to the media after she received e-mails from petraeus biographer and mistress paula broadwell. meanwhile, "the new york times" reports the pentagon investigation into e-mails between kelley and general allen t top nato commander in afghanistan, has been narrowed down to between 60 and 70 messages that according to a defense official bear a fair amount of scrutiny. >>> well, if there is any doubt the holidays are fast approaching, here's a sure sign. tonight is the lighting of the world famous rockefeller center christmas tree. always a favorite time of year around here. right downstairs bill karins is live on the plaza for us with a preview of what the weather will be like, there, here, all around the nation. good morning, bill. >> good morning, lynn. a beautiful spruce stands 70 feet behind me and 50 feet wide. this tree will be lit later this evening on nbc at 8:00. this will be a great show and a lot of performance
one letter to the u.s. attorney demands to know who in the government leaked kelley's name to the media after she received e-mails from petraeus biographer and mistress paula broadwell. meanwhile, "the new york times" reports the pentagon investigation into e-mails between kelley and general allen t top nato commander in afghanistan, has been narrowed down to between 60 and 70 messages that according to a defense official bear a fair amount of scrutiny. >>> well, if there is...
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. >> reporter: general john allen the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, is now linked to the scandal involving former cia director david petraeus. pentagon investigators are looking into e-mail communications between allen and tampa socialite jill kelley that some have characterized as flirtatious. kelley is the woman who went to the fbi with inspection threatening e-mails that agents traced to petraeus' alleged girlfriend paula broadwell. one senior defense official says the general allen investigation centers on about 20,000 pages of documents. another says allen and kelley only exchanged a few hundred e- mails over a number of years. and that the vast majority of them are completely innocuous. kelley's brother defended her character. >> i know who my sister is. and i know she's a good mother and a good wife. >> reporter: allen remains in command of 68,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. he was supposed to be here on capitol hill this week for hearings on his nomination to be supreme u.s. commander in europe. now, that's on hold. >
. >> reporter: general john allen the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, is now linked to the scandal involving former cia director david petraeus. pentagon investigators are looking into e-mail communications between allen and tampa socialite jill kelley that some have characterized as flirtatious. kelley is the woman who went to the fbi with inspection threatening e-mails that agents traced to petraeus' alleged girlfriend paula broadwell. one senior defense official says the general...
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tonight a u.s. official confirms to cnn that petraeus told broadwell to stop sending harassing e-mails to kelley. who is kelley? along with her husband, she's known petraeus and his family for more than five years. that couple met the four star general when he was stationed at medil air force base in tampa. now, what about the e-mails? what's in them? here's what we can tell you tonight. a description of the e-mails seems to validate what a friend of petraeus tells us, that petraeus felt broadwell had shown a possessiveness toward him. as to whether she gained any information during her relationship to petraeus, here's something we found. here's what we found, a speech she gave in october of 006, while she was under investigation for those harassing e-mails that seems to add fuel to the fire. >> the cia an ex-had actually taken a couple libyan militia members prisoner, and they think the attack on the consulate was an attempt to get these prisoners back. that's still being vetted. >> still being vet
tonight a u.s. official confirms to cnn that petraeus told broadwell to stop sending harassing e-mails to kelley. who is kelley? along with her husband, she's known petraeus and his family for more than five years. that couple met the four star general when he was stationed at medil air force base in tampa. now, what about the e-mails? what's in them? here's what we can tell you tonight. a description of the e-mails seems to validate what a friend of petraeus tells us, that petraeus felt...
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he's the military contracts manager for u.s. technologies which does 60% of its business with the defense department. >> not knowing exactly what to expect is not a position anybody wants to be in because we're affecting people's lives here. we don't want to laypeople off. >> we ran them all through. >> the $12 million new jersey based company makes parts in electronics for defense systems but with the potential for deep cuts in spending looming on january 2nd orders from the military are slowing down. >> they were supposed to order 4 -- of something, so far they've ordered two. >> this year american companies made 36 million meals ready to eat or mres. 9 million combat uniforms, nearly a million pairs of combat boots. even the giants depend on thousands of smaller companies. 1300 suppliers in 45 states build lockheed martin's 535. boeing's c-17 contain parts in 44 states. all of it could be affected by the possibility of 1.2 trillion in spending cuts. >> when you suddenly stop that, that is when gruing to see catastrophic impac
he's the military contracts manager for u.s. technologies which does 60% of its business with the defense department. >> not knowing exactly what to expect is not a position anybody wants to be in because we're affecting people's lives here. we don't want to laypeople off. >> we ran them all through. >> the $12 million new jersey based company makes parts in electronics for defense systems but with the potential for deep cuts in spending looming on january 2nd orders from the...
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general john allen is the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. officials are investigating him for, quote, inappropriate communication with jill kel kelley. she's the woman that got the petraeus investigation started. the pentagon is looking at more than 20,000 pages of documents and e-mails between kelley and general allen. 20,000. officials tell the ap that some of the material was, quote, flirtatious. general allen denies having an affair with kelley, who we know was also friends with general petraeus. joining me now is michael isikoff, national investigative correspondent for nbc news. he's been breaking some of the big details on this case over the last few days. michael, first, thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> now, let me ask, general allen is now under investigation for his relationship with jill kelley. what can you tell us about the relationship and what can you tell us about miss kelley. >> we should say we don't know for sure. as you pointed out, the e-mails, these voluminous -- apparently voluminous
general john allen is the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. officials are investigating him for, quote, inappropriate communication with jill kel kelley. she's the woman that got the petraeus investigation started. the pentagon is looking at more than 20,000 pages of documents and e-mails between kelley and general allen. 20,000. officials tell the ap that some of the material was, quote, flirtatious. general allen denies having an affair with kelley, who we know was also friends with general...
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huang was educated in the u.s. at vasser. she loves to promote chinese design as much as she loves to poke china's leaders for arrogance and corruption. >> if i see something i don't like i just say something, i'm just blabbermouth. i think it is part of my american education more than anything else. >> reporter: how do you get away with it. >> how do they get away with it is the question, really. >> reporter: in a country with little tolerance for dissent, huang boldly pushes the limits. she had a talk show but walked away because the government current sord her guest. she now has almost 6 million followers on china's version of twitter. >> reporter: how do you know you have a he gone two far. >> it's called the three ts, right, it is tibet, taiwan and teenmen that you don't talk about. >> reporter: but she is seeing china change. when high ranking political leader zo xilai recently was brought down by scandal his wife convicted of killing a british businessman millions of others joined her in a freewheeling internet discuss
huang was educated in the u.s. at vasser. she loves to promote chinese design as much as she loves to poke china's leaders for arrogance and corruption. >> if i see something i don't like i just say something, i'm just blabbermouth. i think it is part of my american education more than anything else. >> reporter: how do you get away with it. >> how do they get away with it is the question, really. >> reporter: in a country with little tolerance for dissent, huang boldly...
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on the subject of jill kelley it is worth pointing out that many military bases around the world, u.s. military bases have these kind of connections with women who they call honorary ambassadors, social liaisons and i have been on the bases and met women who perform that role and there is in suggestion that jill kelley has done anything illegal whatever. she may just have been caught up in this tangled web and obviously very enthusiastically embraced her duties as honorary ambassador. >>jonathan: i have met women who do that on different bases around the world. >>shepard: ambassador of hats and balloons. thank you. the president also is facing tough questions over his proposal if more than $1 billion in tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy which is the same thing as letting the bush era tax cuts expire. it depends on your point of view. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no
on the subject of jill kelley it is worth pointing out that many military bases around the world, u.s. military bases have these kind of connections with women who they call honorary ambassadors, social liaisons and i have been on the bases and met women who perform that role and there is in suggestion that jill kelley has done anything illegal whatever. she may just have been caught up in this tangled web and obviously very enthusiastically embraced her duties as honorary ambassador....
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about 700,000 of those were sold right here in the u.s. the recall includes prius and corollas made between 2000 and 2009. affected owners will be notified by mail starting next month. >>> the web may be the best tool for tracking the flu. new research out of bristol university found that social media can be faster than the government at detecting an outbreak. several internet models have tracked flu-related searches and keywords in posts and tweets. the models are able to give health officials a warning before the centers for disease control which gets its information from doctors, hospitals, and lab results. >>> keeping your man faithful could be as easy as a spritz of love spray. get this. a study found men in a committed relationship in using a spray with a mixture of the hormone oxytocin were more likely to keep their distance from another woman they considered attractive. the nasal spray had no effect on single men. it did not affect the distance participants kept between themselves and other men. so who knows? it could work. >> i wo
about 700,000 of those were sold right here in the u.s. the recall includes prius and corollas made between 2000 and 2009. affected owners will be notified by mail starting next month. >>> the web may be the best tool for tracking the flu. new research out of bristol university found that social media can be faster than the government at detecting an outbreak. several internet models have tracked flu-related searches and keywords in posts and tweets. the models are able to give health...
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when people disengage from home life in the u.s. and go to deployed areas, it's a parallel reality. everything switches off. let's not forget that a lot of them are men who are of a certain age that are maybe in their early 50s to early 60s, and they are vulnerable and a susceptible like all men. >> four star general petraeus and allen are the highest in rank to get snagged in scandal. another current case involved jeffrey sinclair. >> 82nd air born commander, having untoward sexual relations with junior officers, you know, putting them under tremendous pressure to do all kinds of unbecoming things. >> how do you think these scandals will affect morale. >> convincing a bunch of young troopers who are 18, 19, 20 years old, hormones are flowing. they're deployed a together, mae and female, and they look to their most senior officers. this is what they see. it makes everybody's job a lot harder. >> i'm shocked, craig, that there's not more of this given the sexual integration of the armed t forces. women are everywhere now. they are everywhere, but something thater frank points o, it's
when people disengage from home life in the u.s. and go to deployed areas, it's a parallel reality. everything switches off. let's not forget that a lot of them are men who are of a certain age that are maybe in their early 50s to early 60s, and they are vulnerable and a susceptible like all men. >> four star general petraeus and allen are the highest in rank to get snagged in scandal. another current case involved jeffrey sinclair. >> 82nd air born commander, having untoward sexual...
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by 2020, the u.s. could be the largest oil producer in the world. >>> kevin clash, the voice of elmo on sesame street is taking a leave of absence after allegations surfaced of a relationship with an underage male. clash admits to the relationship but says it was between two consenting adults. >>> the word of the year in the oxford american dictionary for 2012 is gif, which stands for graphics interchange format that can create simple animations and is widely used on the internet. others words include eurogeddon, super pac and super storm. >>> a new study finds a link between women who had the flu during pregnancy and autism. children born to women who had the flu while pregnant were at least twice as likely being diagnosed with autism before the age of three. pregnant women who had a fever for over a week were also at risk. researchers are urging pregnant women to get their flu shots. >>> stocks started the week on the flat side but there was excitement when there was a trading glitch that ate up half
by 2020, the u.s. could be the largest oil producer in the world. >>> kevin clash, the voice of elmo on sesame street is taking a leave of absence after allegations surfaced of a relationship with an underage male. clash admits to the relationship but says it was between two consenting adults. >>> the word of the year in the oxford american dictionary for 2012 is gif, which stands for graphics interchange format that can create simple animations and is widely used on the...
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that sentence here from u.s. district cowsht. >> he's not done -- district court. >> he's not done yet. >>> another top ranking military official is under investigation in the scandal that brought down the head of the c.i.a. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: general john allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is now linked to the scandal involving former c.i.a. director david petraeus. federal investigators are looking into inappropriate e- mail communication between allen and tampa socialite jill kelley. kelley is the woman who went to the f.b.i. with anonymous threatening e- mails that agents traced to petraeus' alleged girlfriend paula broadwell. general allen says he did nothing wrong. >> general allen is entitled to due process in this matter. >> reporter: a senior u.s. defense official says the latest investigation centers on 20 to 30,000 pages of e-mails and documents from allen's communications with kelley. kelley's brother defended her character. >> i know who my sister is. i know she's a
that sentence here from u.s. district cowsht. >> he's not done -- district court. >> he's not done yet. >>> another top ranking military official is under investigation in the scandal that brought down the head of the c.i.a. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: general john allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is now linked to the scandal involving former c.i.a. director david petraeus. federal investigators are looking into inappropriate e- mail...
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he, of course, is the current u.s. commander in afghanistan who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general for what officials described as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this ever-widening story. >> reporter: the scandal involving two very different women, tampa socialite jill kelley and petraeus biographer paul broadwell ensnared not only petraeus but his successor. john allen who took over from petraeus in afghanistan and is the president's choice to be supreme allied commander of nato forces in europe, a nomination now temporarily on hold. >> sweetheart, thank you for all that you have done for me and for our precious -- >> reporter: the general is married with a sterling record but on a flight to australia monday night aides to defense secretary leon panetta said there was a dramatic turn in the case. fbi investigators uncovered potentially inappropriate communications be
he, of course, is the current u.s. commander in afghanistan who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general for what officials described as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this ever-widening story. >> reporter: the scandal involving two very different women, tampa socialite jill kelley and petraeus biographer paul broadwell ensnared not only...
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it was the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. >> bp made a tragic situation worse. >> reporter: two bp employees were charged with manslaughter for negligence in the superve supervision of safety tests before the well exploded. a third bp was charged with obstruction of congress and making false statements to investigators about the flow rate of oil to the gulf. en a statement, the bp chairman said the company believes the resolution is in its best interest and that of its shareholders. but attorney general eric holder made it clear this is not the end. >> our criminal investigation remains ongoing. >> reporter: almost all of the money that bp will pay in the settlement will go to the states and gulf coast affected by the oil spill. rob, paula, back to you. >> long awaited money for sure. one air force pilot is alive after safely effecting when his stealth fighter crashed in florida. the crash site remains off-limits. but a still photo shows smoke in the distance. the f-22 raptor went down near tindall air force base, so
it was the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. >> bp made a tragic situation worse. >> reporter: two bp employees were charged with manslaughter for negligence in the superve supervision of safety tests before the well exploded. a third bp was charged with obstruction of congress and making false statements to investigators about the flow rate of oil to the gulf. en a statement, the bp chairman said the company believes the resolution is in its best interest and that of...
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today, the u.s. general in charge of allied troops in afghanistan, the top commander john allen is himself the subject of a pentagon investigation of allegedly inappropriate communications with jill kelley. yes, that jill kelley, we're talking about the same tampa housewife whom david petraeus' then mistress paula broadwell apparently saw as a rival. a whole new chapter in a saga that since last friday has been one bombshell after another. and so far, all of them have something to do with kelley. she's a volunteer military liaison at the air force base, home of the u.s. central command in tampa, florida. kelley complained to the fbi last spring when paula broadwell was having an affair with petraeus allegedly harassed her with jealous e-mails. petraeus admitted the affair with broadwell but denies any elicit contact with kelley. so does general allen who was scheduled for a senate confirmation hearing this very week to become nato's supreme allied commander. today that's on hold, but he will continue
today, the u.s. general in charge of allied troops in afghanistan, the top commander john allen is himself the subject of a pentagon investigation of allegedly inappropriate communications with jill kelley. yes, that jill kelley, we're talking about the same tampa housewife whom david petraeus' then mistress paula broadwell apparently saw as a rival. a whole new chapter in a saga that since last friday has been one bombshell after another. and so far, all of them have something to do with...
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a u.s. official telling nbc news that 20 to 30,000 pages of documents could connect general allen to jill kelley. allen has denied all
a u.s. official telling nbc news that 20 to 30,000 pages of documents could connect general allen to jill kelley. allen has denied all
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i can tell you, having served with the u.s. military, worked with the u.s. military for so many years when i was ambassador to nato, ambassador to greece, there are lots of great people in the military who are ready to lead us forward. and i think that we'll see that in the weeks and months ahead and obviously we've got have our best people on the front lines because we still have the war in afghanistan, 68,000 american troops are still in afghanistan. and you know we've got to have our best people on that. we obviously have to have our best people working on the iran nuclear problem. one of the tasks of any administration, when they go through a transition, even a friendly transition from a first to a second term, is to identify, in this case military officers who can lead us forward and there are plenty of good people who can do that. >> as former ambassador to nato, is there a reason if this is cleared up general alan could not be confirmed? there is so much controversial already -- >> he's an outstanding officer. he's done by all accounts an effective jo
i can tell you, having served with the u.s. military, worked with the u.s. military for so many years when i was ambassador to nato, ambassador to greece, there are lots of great people in the military who are ready to lead us forward. and i think that we'll see that in the weeks and months ahead and obviously we've got have our best people on the front lines because we still have the war in afghanistan, 68,000 american troops are still in afghanistan. and you know we've got to have our best...
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that they are embarking on a plan to wipe out all resistance to u.s. policy in the region and let's talk about why this is happening i mean we know the palestine has been for statehood november twenty ninth i think it is what what does this have to do with the offensive that we're seeing me well over twenty nine palestine solidarity day and on that day palestine is going to be bringing to the u.n. general assembly their bid for statehood which would really mean i mean that the big important thing about that is if they are granted statehood then the international criminal court has to see in this international court the allegations of war crimes and illegal settlements by the state of israel so israeli and u.s. officials tried very very hard to pressure the palestinian authority into not introducing this statehood bid and actually said if you do this we're going to punish you for it and so we're just weeks away from that statehood bed and so it's very likely that this is that punishment that they are talking about trying to prevent that from happening b
that they are embarking on a plan to wipe out all resistance to u.s. policy in the region and let's talk about why this is happening i mean we know the palestine has been for statehood november twenty ninth i think it is what what does this have to do with the offensive that we're seeing me well over twenty nine palestine solidarity day and on that day palestine is going to be bringing to the u.n. general assembly their bid for statehood which would really mean i mean that the big important...
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. >> reporter: as the home of the u.s. central command and the special operations command, access to the macdill air force base in tampa is closely guarded, but 37-year-old jill kelley, whose calls to the fbi and e-mails to general allen are at the center of the scandal had no problem becoming close over the years to the country's most powerful generals stationed there, including david petraeus and john allen. >> jill is known as a gracious host, a vivacious individual. >> reporter: this picture was taken two years ago at a party at the kelley home showing jill's twin sister natalie, general petraeus, jill's husband scott and the general's wife holly. >> there was no question they were friends and no reason why they wouldn't be friends. >> reporter: but kelley, who spent the day at her home in tampa, and her twin sister are also known be some detractors as name droppers and social climbers, who once appeared on a reality tv cooking program. as jill kelley stared out the window of her home today, a television program about
. >> reporter: as the home of the u.s. central command and the special operations command, access to the macdill air force base in tampa is closely guarded, but 37-year-old jill kelley, whose calls to the fbi and e-mails to general allen are at the center of the scandal had no problem becoming close over the years to the country's most powerful generals stationed there, including david petraeus and john allen. >> jill is known as a gracious host, a vivacious individual. >>...
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it's an amazing story about the u.s. and british relations between churchill and roosevelt, the conflicts. and they're allies, clearly, but the conflicts that exist between the british empire and the american empire and world war i, how world war i created world war ii. and the russian empire under stalin becomes a big issue because the british and the soviets do not agree. churchill is very anti-soviet. it's like a three-card money game. the dropping of the atomic bomb is very much the origin myth that we get in school. we had to drop the bomb to save americans lives because the japanese were fanatics and would fight till the end. we show in the course of the chapters how the japanese were fini finished. they were completely decimated, their economy, shipping, everything. and how the soviets had come into the war and were cleaning up the japanese army and various islands of the japanese. so there was no necessity to drop the bomb but it was dropped to warn the russians and that starts basically this cold war conflict th
it's an amazing story about the u.s. and british relations between churchill and roosevelt, the conflicts. and they're allies, clearly, but the conflicts that exist between the british empire and the american empire and world war i, how world war i created world war ii. and the russian empire under stalin becomes a big issue because the british and the soviets do not agree. churchill is very anti-soviet. it's like a three-card money game. the dropping of the atomic bomb is very much the origin...
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today we learn the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is implicated in the scandal as well as unnamed f.b.i. official who was taken off the case for becoming too involve involved. david petraeus's paramour seen in public for the first time since the affair was revealed friday. jogging in rain outside her brother's northwest home and later in suv. overnight, the defense secretary announced john allen, the commanderring general in afghanistan was also under investigation for sending and receiving hundreds of "flirtatious" e-mails that amounted to 30,000 pages to and from jill kelley, the tampa bay socialite whose complaint to the f.b.i. resulted in the petraeus affair being revealed. defense secretary panetta office notified the chairman of the house armed services committee that he referred the allen investigation to pentagon inspector general. >> while the matter is under investigation, and before the facts are determined, general allen will remain commanderer. general allen is entitled to due to press in this --
today we learn the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is implicated in the scandal as well as unnamed f.b.i. official who was taken off the case for becoming too involve involved. david petraeus's paramour seen in public for the first time since the affair was revealed friday. jogging in rain outside her brother's northwest home and later in suv. overnight, the defense secretary announced john allen, the commanderring general in afghanistan was also under investigation for sending and receiving...
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a cia director, a u.s. military commander, a social liaison, a writer and wait for it, a shirtless fbi agent. we will try to unravel the real-life tragic comedy that is the david petraeus sex scandal. president obama takes on the role of salesman in chief. panelists steve kornacki, jonathan capehart, michael eric dyson and ashley parker weigh in. new york magazine's benjamin wallace wells explained why mitt romney america could be releg e relegated to death history. starts in a mere 180 seconds. [ ] raise the roof! ah? raise the roof! [ male announcer ] it's our biggest toy rollback of the year. find hundreds of rollbacks on the season's hottest toys in stores now, from america's gift headquarters, walmart. something this delicious could only come from nature. new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to mak
a cia director, a u.s. military commander, a social liaison, a writer and wait for it, a shirtless fbi agent. we will try to unravel the real-life tragic comedy that is the david petraeus sex scandal. president obama takes on the role of salesman in chief. panelists steve kornacki, jonathan capehart, michael eric dyson and ashley parker weigh in. new york magazine's benjamin wallace wells explained why mitt romney america could be releg e relegated to death history. starts in a mere 180...
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. >> now a second top u.s. general is involved, a man on track to becoming the next supreme allied commander of nato forces in europe. let me catch you up tonight. jill kelley is the tampa socialite who was an unpaid social liaison with the air force base in tampa. she contacted the fbi about so- called threatening e-mails. that led them to paula broadwell right there, the david petraeus biographer. the fbi discover general petraeus who was director of the cia had an affair with broadwell, so he resigned last week. now enter another four star general, john allen, who is the commander in afghanistan. he's being investigated for what may be inappropriate e- mails with jill kelley, that tampa woman who triggered the whole investigation in the first place. now they deny any wrongdoing. they're both married to other people, but because general allen is being investigated his nomination to become the next supreme allied commander is on hold. >> if the findings are that he's done nothing wrong, they it will be up to t
. >> now a second top u.s. general is involved, a man on track to becoming the next supreme allied commander of nato forces in europe. let me catch you up tonight. jill kelley is the tampa socialite who was an unpaid social liaison with the air force base in tampa. she contacted the fbi about so- called threatening e-mails. that led them to paula broadwell right there, the david petraeus biographer. the fbi discover general petraeus who was director of the cia had an affair with...
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we see it from three sides, britain, russia, the u.s. it's a whole other ballgame when you look at three interests. russian eyes, english eyes, chinese eyes. if you can see history and have empathy for others, other than yourself, you broaden your compassion, and you broaden -- we become a member of the world. of the global community. and this is what obama has not done. now, he's basically operating as an outlier now. you asked about our criticism, it's couched in the context of 120 years of history. we started in 1900, we end now. it's a lot. and we start -- we mentioned woodrow wilson, world war ii, saying america is the savior of the world, remember, after versailles. we show that this mission to be a global policeman starts a long time ago. but it certainly grows dangerous after the atomic bomb in 1945. >> it's a fascinating project. thoroughly enjoy the book. it's a riveting history lesson. you bring this stuff to life. and i commend you for it. >> thank you. >> the untold history of the united states is on showtime. the book is av
we see it from three sides, britain, russia, the u.s. it's a whole other ballgame when you look at three interests. russian eyes, english eyes, chinese eyes. if you can see history and have empathy for others, other than yourself, you broaden your compassion, and you broaden -- we become a member of the world. of the global community. and this is what obama has not done. now, he's basically operating as an outlier now. you asked about our criticism, it's couched in the context of 120 years of...